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Susan Yeargin,
Ph.D., LAT, ATC
Graduate Program Director
Assistant Professor, Athletic Training
and Physical Therapy Faculty
Department of Applied Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Sycamore Center for Wellness and Applied
Medicine Rm 246
Phone: 812.237.3962
Email:
susan.yeargin@indstate.edu
Dr. Yeargin is an Assistant Professor
in the Department of Applied Medicine
and Rehabilitation at Indiana State
University. An expert on hydration
behaviors and heat illnesses, especially
in the child and adolescent population,
she is the author or co-author of
sixteen peer-reviewed journal articles
and has made over 20 professional
presentations at the local, national,
and international level on
thermoregulation and hydration
behaviors.
Dr. Yeargin is the official liaison for
the National Association of Athletic
Trainers (NATA) to the American Red
Cross and serves as the NATA's
representative on the American Heart
Association and American Red Cross
International First Aid Science Advisory
Board. She was a NATA member on the
Inter-Association Task Force which
developed pre-season heat
acclimatization guidelines for high
school football, and has athletic
training experience at the high school
and Division I collegiate level in
football, basketball, ice hockey,
soccer, swimming and diving, and
volunteers on the medical staff at
marathons.
In addition to the NATA, Dr. Yeargin is
a member of the American College of
Sports Medicine. She received her B.S.
in Kinesiology from James Madison, M.S.
in Exercise and Sports Science from the
University of Florida, and PhD in
Exercise Physiology from the University
of Connecticut.
Recent Research and presentations
Dr. Yeargin has published many
articles, including scientific
abstracts, and has given several
presentations on a wide variety of
topics. [More
research and presentation information
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Armstrong LE, Klau JF, Ganio MS,
McDermott BP, Yeargin SW, Lee EC, and
Maresh CM. Accumulation of 2H2O in
plasma and eccrine sweat during
exercise-heat stress. European Journal
of Applied Physiology & Occupational
Physiology
McDermott BP, Casa DJ, Adams B, O’Connor
F, Brennan AH, Troyanos C, Yeargin SW,
Stearns RL, Lopez RM, Armstrong LE.
Cold-Water Dousing With Ice Massage To
Treat Exertional Heat Stroke: A
Case Series. Aviation, Space, and
Environmental Medicine. 2009; 80:
720-722.
Casa DJ, Csillan D, et al, Yeargin SW
Pre-season heat-acclimatization
guidelines for secondary school
athletics. Journal of Athletic Training.
2009; 44(3): 332-333. (Inter-Association
Task Force for Preseason Secondary
School Athletics Participants)
Mazerolle SM, Yeargin SW, Casa DJ, Casa
TM. Heat and Hydration Curriculum
Issues: Part 3 of 4- Rectal Thermometry.
Athletic Therapy Today. 2009; 25-31.
McDermott BP, Casa DJ, Ganio MS, Lopez
RM, Yeargin SW, Armstrong LE, Maresh CM.
Acute whole-body cooling for
exercise-induced hyperthermia: a
systematic review. Journal of Athletic
Training. 2009; 44(1): 84–93.
Ganio MS, Brown CM, Casa DJ, Becker SM,
Yeargin SW, McDermott BP, Boots L, Boyd
P, Armstrong LE, and Maresh CM. Validity
and reliability of devices that assess
body temperature during indoor exercise
in the heat. Journal of Athletic
Training. 2009; 44(2): 124–135.
Yeargin SW and Casa DJ. Strategies on
implementing appropriate temperature
assessment methods in the collegiate and
high school settings. Evidence Based
Forum (invitation only), June 2009, San
Antonio, TX.
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